[meteorite-list] Going hunting
From: John Reed <john_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:07 2004 Message-ID: <3D52027E.67EDEE61_at_findalltrades.com> --------------B22CF38A4C75DC04F8D9FD21 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Alan, I hear they make this stuff, its mostly water then they ad hops rice and barley its supposed to be good for you when your in the middle of now where and you can't hardley remember why your out in the middle of no where, it keeps you going I'am gonna drink plenty of that stuff. Hey its mostly water Thanks John marsroxx_at_theofficenet.com wrote: > Dear John, > > Remember to take plenty of water. It has to be 110 to 120 in the Palm Springs > area in Aug. > > Good Luck > Alan > > Quoting John Reed <john_at_findalltrades.com>: > > > Dave, I know its not going to be like fishing in a barrel but I do have > > few > > things going for me 1. I heard it , it sounded like a quite motor boat 2. > > I > > got a 1 second sight on it, gray and fuzzy propably fuzzy becuase it was > > spinning so fast 3 Its shadow passed over me 4.I am reasonably sure of the > > angle it came down 5 I am pretty certain of the direction because I saw it > > looking straight up and also the the angle it went away from my house > > which > > is still there so we can reference it I am pretty sure it was between > > 22o-28o > > looking straight up off the rain gutter > > Here's the question how high was it when it passed over me? > > Thanks John > > > > David Freeman wrote: > > > > > Dear John, List; > > > I didn't see you mentioned that it made the "nighttime as day time" and > > > there fore, I think that it was the size of a pea and probably burned up > > > except for a pea size piece that you may have heard.. Ever hear a rifle > > > bullet a mile down range? Five miles down range? > > > Statistics note that most meteorites at night are usually very small and > > > don't make it through the atmosphere to the ground. > > > I would think a random search of anywhere would have the same percentage > > > of success....about 800 manhours of searching per new meteorite. > > > Good Luck, there must be some somewhere. > > > Dave (_at_400 hours) Freeman > > > > > > John Reed wrote: > > > > > > > In 1985 or 86 a meteor flew over my head it came out of the sky at > > > >about 45-50 degrees I saw a grayish fuzzy mass all in about 2 seconds I > > > >am going back to the desert( 10 miles from Palm Springs) on business on > > > >aug 9,. I will have 2 days to see if I > > > >can find it. At the time I thought it to be an ordinary occurance in the > > > > > > > >desert Anyway I drew a stright line on a piece of paper representing > > > >the horizontal level that I was standing then I made a dot above the > > > >line representing where I was standing on the horizontal line and how > > > >high it was I then put a straight edge at 47o and drew a line from the > > > >dot to the horizontal line it came out that it would of hit 5 times the > > > >distance between the horizontal line and the dot So I am thinking it was > > > > > > > >no more than 500 feet high or less than 200 The way it works out it > > > >should of landed about a half mile away? 5 x 500 I know what direction > > > >it went The question of course is how high was it really? I heard a > > > >propeller or motor sound, the fire ball part only lasted a split > > > >second when I saw it in the sky then it was probably close to 2 > > > >seconds before I heard it chopping the wind then I saw a big blur of > > > >grayish fuzz and a quick shadow passing over. From the time I first > > > >heard it till it was out of ear shot was maybe a fraction over 2 > > > >seconds. It seemed to be horizontal. I remember thinking it was as big > > > >as a wheel barrow. I also remeber thinking I would hear a thud or > > > >something when it hit I did not. It was a dead silent night at about 2 > > > >am Is there any thing I havn't figured? besides the heat the snakes and > > > >the fire ants > > > > Do you think that its shape may have something to do with why it didn't > > > > > > > >whistle or blow up and also the short fire tail ( 1 second) > > > > This would mean that if something of irregular shape came in contact > > > >with the atmosphere its spinning and chopping would slow it down enough > > > >so it wouln't heat up or reach the speed of sound and blow up > > > >I know it a long shot but, if I find him I'am gonna put a saddle on his > > > >back and ride him into town! > > > >Thanks John > > > > > > > > > > > >______________________________________________ > > > >Meteorite-list mailing list > > > >Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > > >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list --------------B22CF38A4C75DC04F8D9FD21 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Alan, <br> I hear they make this stuff, its mostly water then they ad hops rice and barley<br> its supposed to be good for you when your in the middle of now where and you can't hardley remember why your out in the middle of no where, it keeps you going<br> I'am gonna drink plenty of that stuff. Hey its <i>mostly<b> </b></i>water<br> Thanks John <p>marsroxx_at_theofficenet.com wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Dear John, <p>Remember to take plenty of water. It has to be 110 to 120 in the Palm Springs <br>area in Aug. <p>Good Luck <br>Alan <p>Quoting John Reed <john_at_findalltrades.com>: <p>> Dave, I know its not going to be like fishing in a barrel but I do have <br>> few <br>> things going for me 1. I heard it , it sounded like a quite motor boat 2. <br>> I <br>> got a 1 second sight on it, gray and fuzzy propably fuzzy becuase it was <br>> spinning so fast 3 Its shadow passed over me 4.I am reasonably sure of the <br>> angle it came down 5 I am pretty certain of the direction because I saw it <br>> looking straight up and also the the angle it went away from my house <br>> which <br>> is still there so we can reference it I am pretty sure it was between <br>> 22o-28o <br>> looking straight up off the rain gutter <br>> Here's the question how high was it when it passed over me? <br>> Thanks John <br>> <br>> David Freeman wrote: <br>> <br>> > Dear John, List; <br>> > I didn't see you mentioned that it made the "nighttime as day time" and <br>> > there fore, I think that it was the size of a pea and probably burned up <br>> > except for a pea size piece that you may have heard.. Ever hear a rifle <br>> > bullet a mile down range? Five miles down range? <br>> > Statistics note that most meteorites at night are usually very small and <br>> > don't make it through the atmosphere to the ground. <br>> > I would think a random search of anywhere would have the same percentage <br>> > of success....about 800 manhours of searching per new meteorite. <br>> > Good Luck, there must be some somewhere. <br>> > Dave (_at_400 hours) Freeman <br>> > <br>> > John Reed wrote: <br>> > <br>> > > In 1985 or 86 a meteor flew over my head it came out of the sky at <br>> > >about 45-50 degrees I saw a grayish fuzzy mass all in about 2 seconds I <br>> > >am going back to the desert( 10 miles from Palm Springs) on business on <br>> > >aug 9,. I will have 2 days to see if I <br>> > >can find it. At the time I thought it to be an ordinary occurance in the <br>> > > <br>> > >desert Anyway I drew a stright line on a piece of paper representing <br>> > >the horizontal level that I was standing then I made a dot above the <br>> > >line representing where I was standing on the horizontal line and how <br>> > >high it was I then put a straight edge at 47o and drew a line from the <br>> > >dot to the horizontal line it came out that it would of hit 5 times the <br>> > >distance between the horizontal line and the dot So I am thinking it was <br>> > > <br>> > >no more than 500 feet high or less than 200 The way it works out it <br>> > >should of landed about a half mile away? 5 x 500 I know what direction <br>> > >it went The question of course is how high was it really? I heard a <br>> > >propeller or motor sound, the fire ball part only lasted a split <br>> > >second when I saw it in the sky then it was probably close to 2 <br>> > >seconds before I heard it chopping the wind then I saw a big blur of <br>> > >grayish fuzz and a quick shadow passing over. From the time I first <br>> > >heard it till it was out of ear shot was maybe a fraction over 2 <br>> > >seconds. It seemed to be horizontal. I remember thinking it was as big <br>> > >as a wheel barrow. I also remeber thinking I would hear a thud or <br>> > >something when it hit I did not. It was a dead silent night at about 2 <br>> > >am Is there any thing I havn't figured? besides the heat the snakes and <br>> > >the fire ants <br>> > > Do you think that its shape may have something to do with why it didn't <br>> > > <br>> > >whistle or blow up and also the short fire tail ( 1 second) <br>> > > This would mean that if something of irregular shape came in contact <br>> > >with the atmosphere its spinning and chopping would slow it down enough <br>> > >so it wouln't heat up or reach the speed of sound and blow up <br>> > >I know it a long shot but, if I find him I'am gonna put a saddle on his <br>> > >back and ride him into town! <br>> > >Thanks John <br>> > > <br>> > > <br>> > >______________________________________________ <br>> > >Meteorite-list mailing list <br>> > >Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com <br>> > ><a href="http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</a> <br>> > > <br>> > > <br>> <br>> <br>> ______________________________________________ <br>> Meteorite-list mailing list <br>> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com <br>> <a href="http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</a> <br>> <br>> <p>______________________________________________ <br>Meteorite-list mailing list <br>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com <br><a href="http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</a></blockquote> </html> --------------B22CF38A4C75DC04F8D9FD21-- Received on Thu 08 Aug 2002 01:32:47 AM PDT |
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